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minus-squareSomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoCopper has more mass, heat capacity, and thermal conductivity per litre. Is aluminium actually more effective as a dissipation surface? I hadn’t heard that.
minus-squarefx242@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoCopper is better conductor but it’s worse at dissipation. Do the experience yourself, heat a block of each and then touch them afterwards.
minus-squareSomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoIs that not because the copper holds more heat, so stays hot for longer at the same dissipation?
Copper has more mass, heat capacity, and thermal conductivity per litre.
Is aluminium actually more effective as a dissipation surface? I hadn’t heard that.
Copper is better conductor but it’s worse at dissipation. Do the experience yourself, heat a block of each and then touch them afterwards.
Is that not because the copper holds more heat, so stays hot for longer at the same dissipation?